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James Brandon Lewis Quartet: Abstraction Is Deliverance

On May 30, 2025, “Intakt Records” label released “Abstraction Is Deliverance”, album by James Brandon Lewis Quartet (the 17th James Brandon Lewis album overall). It was recorded in April 2024, at “Hardstudios” in Winterthur, Switzerland.

Personnel:

  • James Brandon Lewis – tenor saxophone, mixing
  • Aruán Ortiz – piano
  • Brad Jones – bass
  • Chad Taylor – drums
  • Michael Brändli – engineer, mixing
  • Patrick Lanfolt – mixing
  • Paul Bieri – artwork, design
  • Teju Cole – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by James Brandon Lewis, except where noted.

  1. Ware
  2. Per 7
  3. Even the Sparrow
  4. Remember Rosalind
  5. Abstraction Is Deliverance
  6. Multicellular Beings
  7. Mr. Crick
  8. Left Alone – Mal Waldron
  9. Polaris

The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis: Same

On March 15, 2024, “Impulse!” label released the self-titled “The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis” album. It was recorded in 2023, at “Tonal Park” in Washington, D.C., and was produced by Don Godwin, James Brandon Lewis and the Messthetics.

Personnel:

  • James Brandon Lewis – saxophone
  • Anthony Pirog – guitar
  • Joe Lally – bass
  • Brendan Canty – drums
  • Don Godwin – mastering
  • Charlie Pilzer – mastering
  • David Avidan – inner sleeve photography
  • David LaMason – back cover photography
  • David Willingham – cover photography

Track listing:

  1. L’Orso
  2. Emergence
  3. That Thang
  4. Three Sisters
  5. Boatly
  6. The Time Is the Place
  7. Railroad Tracks Home
  8. Asthenia
  9. Fourth Wall